Chapter 773 - 768: Mutual Benefit
"I didn’t sense anything."
Bai Pu looked at Salacia with some confusion.
At this moment, Bai Pu still had 71 Celestial Human Attribute Points added to his spirit, with a spirit attribute as high as 211, not much inferior to a Spiritual Talent.
Salacia was somewhat nervous, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and took out a jade-green leaf with a hint of golden veins, saying, "I sensed it through this ’Jade King Leaf.’
"This is a secret of the Silver Wind Clan... The Jade King Leaf originates from a clan treasure ’Jade Tree.’ An Awakened holding a leaf from the Jade Tree can sense others holding a leaf within a certain range and transmit messages."
Bai Pu expanded his Prismatic Domain, standing on the front line to fend off the demon’s attack while rapidly assessing the situation in his mind, saying:
"It should be only Awakened with certain status within the Silver Wind Clan that are qualified to hold a leaf, right?"
"Yes. Last time during my First Refinement promotion to Major General, besides me as the heir, the leaders of three other teams held the leaves of the Jade Tree. It’s just that they held ’Jade Leaves,’ one level lower than the ’Jade King Leaf’ I have." Salacia said.
"So you sensed only a Jade Leaf, yet it represents a Silver Wind Clan team leader? The other party is likely leading a team of Awakened from the Silver Wind Clan!"
Bai Pu said in a deep voice, "Rein, things aren’t looking good. Now there’s a Silver Wind Clan team heading to the Miasma Spring... What do you think their objective is?"
Rein, who was fighting against the demons, had his face turn grim in an instant.
Is there even a need to ask?
Silver Wind Clan’s Julian and Leia are in a competitive relationship, both belonging to the First Refinement!
If she’s sending out a team, it must be to sabotage Leia’s competitive task!
Where exactly did something go wrong?
’Dark Steel’ Muro suddenly spoke coldly: "Leia’s promotion task, besides Rein and me, only you and Salacia know."
"Are you suspecting us?" Bai Pu glanced at Muro casually.
"It shouldn’t be them leaking information." Rein remained calm and restrained, "If it really were them... Miss Salacia wouldn’t have needed to proactively mention the sensing of the Jade Leaf."
Muro nodded quietly, swinging his Steel Claw, darting back and forth among the demons.
"Perhaps it was divination or prophetic means. The surveillance we felt when leaving the Bone Dao might not have been just the One-Eyed Mushroom Demon, but also prophetic Awakened under Julian, determining our movements." Bai Pu speculated.
"That should be it."
Rein gritted his teeth and smashed a mushroom-like demon, causing its juices to splatter everywhere. He looked at Bai Pu, "Brother, I’m feeling a bit flustered. What do you think we should do now?"
Bai Pu raised his shield, blocking a Wooden Spear jab from the Demon Throat for Salacia, "Miss Salacia, since you can sense the Jade Leaf, could the other party also perceive you?"
"No, the Jade King Leaf is more advanced. Only if I initiate a summon will the other party sense something." Salacia sweetly said, feeling a sense of being protected.
"I remember you said you have a good relationship with several leaders of the Silver Wind Clan team."
Bai Pu said, "If you send out a summon saying you’re in a life-or-death crisis... how confident are you that leader would come to your rescue?"
Salacia happily said, "The holder of that Jade Leaf is Uncle Heig, and he will definitely lead his team to rescue me."
Rein’s eyes lit up, quickly saying, "Then please do!"
Bai Pu immediately added, "Miss Salacia, relying on Heig’s team and their strength, can they handle the Demon Throat in front of us?"
Salacia said, "Including me, we should be able to handle one Demon General... But as for the many Elite-level demons here, that’s uncertain."
"Alright, we’ll act separately. Rein, let’s withdraw for now and leave Miss Salacia here alone."
Bai Pu spoke quickly, clearly coming up with an idea in a blink, "Miss Salacia, you draw Mr. Heig’s team here. Rein and I will pretend to pass by here and join the battle later."
Salacia nodded, understanding Bai Pu’s intention—to pretend she was alone and being surrounded by demons, sending a message to ask Heig for help, to prevent Heig from realizing Salacia was deliberately deceitful, affecting the trust between her and Heig.
Bai Pu continued, "After eliminating these demons, Miss Salacia should try persuading Mr. Heig to take you to the Eternal Night Dark Sea in the north, to help you with the Major General promotion task."
"I’ll try... But the promotion task in the Eternal Night Dark Sea is too difficult. If Uncle Heig feels it’s hopeless, he might directly refuse."
Salacia said cautiously, worried that Gangxin might call her useless.
From Heig’s perspective, he might come to save Miss Salacia’s life. But using his team’s strength to help Salacia with the Second Refinement promotion task is another matter.
The Silver Wind Clan is akin to a large conglomerate, and now there are these two projects: Salacia’s Second Refinement and Julian’s First Refinement. The higher-ups chose Julian’s First Refinement project and dispatched several teams, including Heig’s, to execute it.
If Heig defies orders, abandons Julian’s First Refinement project, and helps Salacia with her Second Refinement project.
Success is fine; Salacia will be promoted to Major General, and the Silver Wind Clan will consider Salacia within the heir options again, and Heig could be considered a minister who supports the right path.
But if both fail—causing Julian’s First Refinement project to fail too... Heig would surely take the blame.
"No problem, you could invite the Furnace Squad to assist you with your task. With the Furnace Squad’s reputation, the chances of your task succeeding will increase significantly." Bai Pu said.
Both Salacia and Rein were stunned by this.
Bai Pu wasn’t finished, "Rein, this is critical for helping Leia complete the Major General trial... Now let Salacia help you, and once Leia’s Major General trial finishes, you can return the favor by helping Salacia with her Second Refinement task. It’s not a conflict; rather, it’s mutually beneficial!"
"Alright! Please, Miss Salacia, quickly call Heig’s team over to stop them from going to the Miasma Spring! If Miss Salacia can’t stop Heig’s team and causes Leia’s failure, everything is off!"
Rein was anxious; if Heig’s team went to the Miasma Spring, leading to Leia’s promotion task failing, it would be too late by then.
"Deal, once Heig’s team arrives, you and Salacia sign the Spirit Realm Will Notarization Contract." Bai Pu said.
Salacia lifted the Jade King Leaf, injecting green energy into it.
In an instant, waves of invisible green ripples spread out in an imperceptible manner, like some kind of radio signal.